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grundlos

German, adjective/ˈɡʁʊntloːs/

grundlos is spelled G-R-U-N-D-L-O-S (8 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written German, the 15,332nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grundlos is a German adjective meaning “without solid ground or floor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Begründung; scheinbar ohne Ursache”.

What does grundlos mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    rarewithout solid ground or floor

  2. 2

    unfounded, groundless

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. ohne Begründung; scheinbar ohne Ursache 2. ohne festen Untergrund 3. ohne Boden; so, dass der Boden weit weg liegt; sehr tief

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of grundlos

  • grundloser masculine nominative singular
  • grundlose feminine nominative singular
  • grundloses neuter nominative singular
  • grundlosen genitive masculine singular
  • grundlosem dative masculine singular
  • der grundlose definite includes-article masculine
  • die grundlose definite feminine includes-article
  • das grundlose definite includes-article neuter
  • die grundlosen definite includes-article nominative
  • des grundlosen definite genitive includes-article
  • der grundlosen definite feminine genitive
  • dem grundlosen dative definite includes-article
  • den grundlosen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce grundlos?

  • /ˈɡʁʊntloːs/
  • [ˈɡʁʊntloːs]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to grundlos

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is grundlos in German?

grundlos appears 3.7 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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